| Jo Charrington | |
| Birth Name: | Joanna Charrington |
| Origin: | London, United Kingdom |
| Occupation: | Music Industry Executive Co-President EMI, President Capitol UK |
| Years Active: | 1992 – present |
| Label: | London, Capitol Records, Sony Music, Epic EMI |
| Associated Acts: | Another Level, Lemar, Charlotte Church, JLS, Paloma Faith, Aloe Blacc, The Priests, Olly Murs, Sam Smith, 5 Seconds of Summer, Liam Payne, Mae Muller |
Joanna Charrington[1] is a music industry executive, widely regarded as one of the most influential and successful female A&R executives in British Music history. She is currently Co-President of EMI Records and President of Capitol Records in the UK. Her industry career began at London Records in 1992 as a marketing assistant before moving to Virgin Records in the International Department, then BMG[2]
Charrington left her job at BMG in 1996 to put together and manage the RnB boyband Another Level, alongside John Reid (Elton John/Queen). She later signed them to Nick Raphael and Christian Tattersfield[3] at Northwestside Records, a newly formed subsidiary of BMG.[4] The band enjoyed multiple top 10 singles including the Number 1 ‘Freak Me’,[5] as well as a platinum debut album in the UK.[6]
After Reid left the management business, Charrington joined up with Simon Fuller.[7] After 5 years in management she was approached by her old London Records colleague[8] and Northwestside Records founder Nick Raphael to join him at Epic Records,[9] a division of Sony Music. The duo worked together for 14 years, 10 of which at Sony, before moving to Universal to restart London Records, now Capitol UK.[10]
Charrington, alongside Raphael, signed and launched a diverse number of platinum and multi-platinum selling artists from 2001 to 2021 including;
Charrington's artists and writers have won multiple Grammys, BRITs, American Music Awards, Ivor Novellos and MOBOs.[11]
Charrington, along with Raphael, was awarded the Music Week A&R Award in both 2010[12] and 2015.[13] Charrington won the Music Business Worldwide Pop/RnB A & R Award in 2022.
Charrington took part in a mentoring scheme set up by Marie Claire magazine to inspire and educate the future generation of the music industry.[14]
In 2015, she was named Business Woman of the Year at the 2015 Music Week’s Women in Music awards.[15]
Charrington was appointed a Governor of the Brit School on 1 January 2016